Dairy
Breeding for Efficiency Series: Maintaining solids with OAD milking
Agriland Media Group is delighted to collaborate with LIC Ireland to bring you the ‘Breeding For Efficiency Series’. Dairy farmer, Edward O’Sullivan...
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Dairy
Breeding for Efficiency Series: Friesians to Jersey cross in Kerry
Agriland Media Group is delighted to collaborate with LIC Ireland to bring you the ‘Breeding For Efficiency Series’. Dairy farmer David O’Leary...
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Native Tree Area Scheme makes planting trees easier
If you’re a farmer looking to generate extra income, the Native Tree Area Scheme (NTAS) is a great opportunity to...
Dairy
Breeding for Efficiency Series: Jersey cross driving production
Agriland Media Group is delighted to collaborate with LIC Ireland to bring you the Breeding For Efficiency Series. James Croke is milking...
Dairy
Breeding for Efficiency Series: Not chasing EBI with NZ Friesians
Agriland Media Group is delighted to collaborate with LIC Ireland to bring you the Breeding For Efficiency Series. The Breeding For Efficiency...
Dairy
Agriland and LIC present new series focused on efficient breeding
Agriland Media Group is delighted to collaborate with Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd (LIC) Ireland to bring you the ‘Breeding for...
Dairy Technical
Breeding season: What criteria is being used to select sires?
The breeding season is just around the corner and many farmers will have selected their sires or are in the...
Dairy
New Zealand: Breeding index proposal causes controversy
A proposal to develop a single evaluation breeding index for New Zealand which was launched by industry organisation, DairyNZ, has...
Dairy Technical
Jersey sires remain popular with customers - LIC
Breeding 2021 on the majority of spring-calving herds is now six or seven weeks in, with many farms now switching...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
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LIC events this week: 'How to stay in the black while going green'
LIC will run two events on Thursday, October 17, providing Irish farmers with information on how they can develop strategies...
Dairy
Irish man returns from New Zealand to join the LIC team
Kilkenny man John Tobin has returned home – after working in New Zealand – to become the new systems manager...
Dairy
'One-of-a-kind' Jersey bull enters New Zealand Hall of Fame
A “one-of-a-kind” Jersey bull has been inducted into New Zealand’s ‘Hall of Fame’ for the “profound influence” he has had...
Agri-Business
Irish man returns from Chilean and Kiwi travels to join LIC
LIC Ireland has announced that David Power is joining its Eurogene/LIC Ireland team with immediate effect. Irish born and bred,...
Dairy
Sexed semen from 'elite New Zealand bulls' to hit Irish market
Sexed semen from a “premier selection” of elite bulls will be available for Irish dairy farmers for the first time...
Dairy
How one dairy farmer went from an employee to farm manager and business partner
Chris North has made an impressive journey from an employee with ARC Farming to becoming a manager and business partner...
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RDS Announces Opening of Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Awards
In its sixth year, the RDS Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Awards celebrates the work of individuals, farming families and...
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Can Kiwi drought plans help ease pressure on Irish farms?
“A slow, wet winter and an unprecedented dry spring” has left Irish farmers questioning their management practices, according to Sean Chubb,...
Agri-Business
LIC appoints pasture to profit consultant in Tipperary
LIC (Livestock Improvement Corporation), the New Zealand farmer-owned co-operative, has announced the appointment of Kathryn George to the role of...
Dairy
Breeding: The race against time to get cows back in calf
Dairy farmers are facing a race against time to get dairy cows back in calf, according to LIC’s Joyce Voogt....
Dairy
Dairy focus: Doubling cow numbers and gearing up for breeding in Co. Cork
Pat and Geraldine Ahern run a dairy enterprise on 28ha in Bridepark, Conna, Co. Cork. Over the past four years,...